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March '14 Obs and General Discussion


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More like 8 months outside of the mountains. Winters are pretty short around here, Generally 4 months where there is a realistic chance of snow.

Well, if I even see a flake in April, it would technically be a 6 month snow season.

 

November (trace), December, January, February, March, and possibly April...

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The Manchester area now has over 8".... I almost feel tempted to move there just for snow (once I'm on my own)

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1000 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 6
HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION
IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN
SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT

MARYLAND

...ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY...
BWI AIRPORT T 513 PM 3/30 AIRPORT
CROWNSVILLE T 506 PM 3/30 PUBLIC

...BALTIMORE COUNTY...
1 NW REISTERSTOWN 1.2 739 PM 3/30 CO-OP OBSERVER
2 NW LONG GREEN 0.2 630 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER

...BALTIMORE CITY...
PIMLICO T 430 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER

...CARROLL COUNTY...
3 WSW LINEBORO 8.2 945 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 SSW MANCHESTER 7.8 856 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER

N MANCHESTER 5.0 933 PM 3/30 PUBLIC
1 W WESTMINSTER 3.5 633 PM 3/30 PUBLIC
4 NE MILLERS 3.2 810 PM 3/30 CO-OP OBSERVER
2 SE WESTMINSTER 3.0 529 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
WESTMINSTER 2.5 554 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 W REESE 1.5 506 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
3 SE WINFIELD 1.5 640 PM 3/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
ELDERSBURG 1.5 518 PM 3/30 PUBLIC

 
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And just for posterity

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1003 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014

MDZ005-310500-
/O.UPG.KLWX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140331T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KLWX.WS.W.0011.140331T0203Z-140331T0500Z/
CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WESTMINSTER
1003 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AROUND MIDNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POOR
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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crazy how often we've hit the sweetspot this winter. the back end is a real thing these days along with march. my whole world has been rocked.

Whether it's order in chaos or actual science, we've observed repetitive bullseyes way too many times for it to be just a coincidence. Not just in our area. All over the place. Orange to St. Mary's zone was pretty stark in recent years.

This year was a pretty sweet distribution up and down the east coast. N of 40 killed it early and we killed it late. That's pretty uncommon to have the jackpot distribution so equal compare to climo but not really have a common storm. Usually when the MA to SNE gets a big year together it's because of a shared big storm or 2. This year was a machine gun style winter but the aim moved around.

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Whether it's order in chaos or actual science, we've observed repetitive bullseyes way too many times for it to be just a coincidence. Not just in our area. All over the place. Orange to St. Mary's zone was pretty stark in recent years.

This year was a pretty sweet distribution up and down the east coast. N of 40 killed it early and we killed it late. That's pretty uncommon to have the jackpot distribution so equal compare to climo but not really have a common storm. Usually when the MA to SNE gets a big year together it's because of a shared big storm or 2. This year was a machine gun style winter but the aim moved around.

I don't think its that hard to get snow here.  What's tough some years is precip.

 

In Winchester this year, the snowiest month was the wettest month, and, you guessed it, the least snowy was the driest.

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Wind + sun = more quickly dried ground

 

The quicker the better, I love the wind, helps dry out the baseball diamond.....already too far behind with games, need a little bit of dry weather for about a week or so! The 2 inches of Rain in Spotsylvania this weekend was enough for the time being.

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